Scandal's Columbus Short 'turns himself in to police after assault charge'... as his 'history of violence' is revealed

Scandal star Columbus Short has turned himself in to The Claremont Police Department following a battery charge, reports E!.

A picture of a 37-year old victim left bloodied and bruised is said to be that of the man allegedly assaulted by Short on March 15.

TMZ had originally reported that a warrant was issued for Columbus' arrest for 'felony aggravated battery stemming from a bar fight earlier this month'.

Battered: A picture of a bloodied and unconscious man is allegedly the victim of an assault from Scandal star Columbus Short

The charge is said to carry a maximum sentence of four years in prison, and a bond has been set for $50,000.

The 31-year old actor, who plays
Harrison Wright in the hit TV series, is reportedly being investigated
by Los Angeles police for criminal battery, according to TMZ.

The
incident allegedly occurred on March 15, at Gabe's Bar and Grill in L.A
and a photo obtained by gossip site shows the victim in a neck brace
and unconscious before being taken to a local hospital.

According to sources. Short punched his
37-year-old victim in the face, and knocked him to the ground at an
engagement party where the man had allegedly insulted Short's estranged
wife.

Back to work: The actor returned to the set of Scandal a couple of weeks later looking unaffected by the incident

The actor reportedly
got angry after the other gentleman said: ‘You might be richer than me
but I get my girls to buy me everything I want including your wife.’

Columbus
supposedly left the bar immediately after the brutal beating. The actor
was spotted on the set of Scandal a few weeks later looking unaffected
by the alleged incident.

TMZ have now reported that Short has been arrested 'multiple times for violent behavior'.

In
February he was said to have been arrested for physically attacking his
wife in front of their children, he was then arrested again two weeks
later for another domestic dispute with his wife.

It’s
not the first scandal Short has been wrapped up in; as he reportedly
knocked several teeth out of a man he was playing basketball with at a
Los Angeles gym back in March 2010.

Gladiators
in suits: Columbus is best known for his portrayal of
Harrison Wright in Shonda Rimes' political drama Scandal, (picture here
with Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope)

Last year, his second wife Tannee McCall filed for divorce amid rumours that she was having an extramarital affair with one of his friends.

He too has admitted to infidelity during his marriage to first wife Brandi, after having a brief fling with Britney Spears in 2003 when he worked as her back-up dancer, who was eight months pregnant at the time.

Short returned for the third series of the ABC political drama with Kerry Washington, Scott Foley and Tony Goldwyn.